keeping our foot on the accelerator to build on 2020 progress and ensure promised planning reforms are occurring from the local level upwards.

to boost economic growth, create jobs and ensure the Treasurer’s stamp duty reform agenda delivers a net benefit for the economy, the community and the industry.

coming out of COVID by working collaboratively towards a good growth agenda.

including removing workplace caps and a proactive approach to bringing the public service back to the office, to support the return of office workers to Melbourne’s CBD and revitalize our capital city.

including targeted stimulus measures for the housing sector such as the reinstatement of off-theplan stamp duty concessions and the removal of the Foreign Purchaser Additional Duty.

by working closely with the State Government to develop a workable definition of eligible Build-to-Rent projects for the purpose of Land Tax concessions announced in the 2020 State Budget.

through partnering with members, the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council to encourage workers, shoppers and visitors back to the CBD, boosting productivity, innovation and investment.

in well-located areas across SEQ, to cater for our growing population and changing demographic needs.

as a standalone asset class in Queensland, through educating stakeholders, supporting the Government’s pilot program, and advocating for a land tax incentive to boost Queensland’s competitiveness.

to ensure labour market demand is met and secure a COVID safe pathway for international students to return.

streamline the planning system to encourage transparency, investment and development

encourage ongoing planning reform processes, prioritising policies that deliver urban infill targets

It is clear there is a need for urgent, fundamental tax reform in South Australia, and nationally. Reforms to property-based taxes are a critical part of this process. Inefficient taxes act as a handbrake on the economy – impeding transactions, stifling activity, inhibiting job growth and constricting productivity. The Property Council will continue to fight for complete stamp duty abolition on all types of property transactions and for a more competitive land tax regime in SA.

The Property Council is fighting for a modern, depoliticised and efficient planning system in South Australia that creates investor certainty and drives economic growth. Our vision for planning is a system that is user friendly, acts as a development enabler and has a world-class reputation.

The commercial property sector pays more than its fair share when it comes to local government taxes. A pillar of the Property Council’s advocacy in South Australia is around ensuring transparency, value for money and efficiency gains at the local government level.

Costs associated with delays ultimately drive-up end prices and lower investment appeal for home buyers. The State Government must legislate for approval timeframes across all regulatory bodies involved in the planning and building process. Where proposed legislated timeframes are not met and the proposal is submitted in accordance with the relevant planning conditions, approval should then be deemed to have been granted

TasNetworks’ processes must be streamlined and set out in legislation to provide transparency and accountability regarding energy connections for residential developments. A detailed review of the contestability of TasNetworks’ services must be undertaken to understand why competitors are not entering the market. TasNetworks must also increase the number of designers retained and the stockpile of electrical connection materials available to ensure connection in a timely manner. Failing that, legislation must be introduced requiring both scope and design to be completed within 42 days.

Local government planning processes and state agency referral times lack certainty and transparency and adds significant delays and costs to development and hurts the ultimate purchasers and tenants of projects. The Tasmanian Government must prioritise implementing the state-wide planning scheme, creating much needed consistency across all local government areas to reduce costs for developers, builders and end-users, and maintain housing affordability across the state.

• Make Canberra the lifestyle destination of choice

• Create a diverse and inclusive community to enrich, and enliven our city.

• Boosting the supply of housing, now and for the future

• Housing choice and affordability where it is needed

• Planning that delivers outcomes for people

• Creating places and spaces that make our city great

Continue to push for policies to reverse the economic downturn that has followed the oil and gas booms.

Ensure the Northern Territory remains a competitive place to invest, own and manage property by opposing the introduction of unbalanced property related taxes.

Advocate the development of a policy that will address fragmentation across all Central Business Districts.